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Eleven people have served as President of Israel, four of whom have served two consecutive terms. Another, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, was elected to three consecutive terms, although he died in office soon after the beginning of his third term. Isaac Herzog has been serving as the 11th President of Israel since 2021.
The Attorney General of Israel (Gali Baharav-Miara) The State Comptroller (Matanyahu Englman) The Governor of the Bank of Israel ; Chairman of the Executive of the World Zionist Organization (Yaakov Hagoel) Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel (Doron Almog) The Dean of the Diplomatic corps (Vesela Mrđen Korać, Croatian Ambassador to Israel)
'President of the State') is the head of state of Israel. The president is mostly, though not entirely, ceremonial; actual executive power is vested in the cabinet led by the prime minister. The incumbent president is Isaac Herzog, who took office on 7 July 2021. Presidents are elected by the Knesset for a single seven-year term.
1967 photograph of Netanyahu by the Israel Defense Forces. Netanyahu was born in 1949 in Tel Aviv. [3] [4] His mother, Tzila Segal (1912–2000), was born in Petah Tikva in the Ottoman Empire's Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, and his father, Warsaw-born Benzion Netanyahu (né Mileikowsky; 1910–2012), was a historian specializing in the Jewish Golden age of Spain.
The United States has been a staunch ally of Israel since President Harry Truman became the first world leader to recognize the newly established state in 1948. ... Israeli withdrawal and ...
Israel and the PLO signed the Oslo I Accord in Washington, D.C. The accords provided for the withdrawal of some IDF forces from the West Bank and Gaza Strip and for the establishment of a self-governing authority for the Palestinians, the Palestinian National Authority. 1994: 26 October: Israel and Jordan signed the Israel–Jordan peace treaty ...
The incumbent prime minister of Israel is Benjamin Netanyahu, who assumed office on 29 December 2022. He also held the office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021. Having served for more than 17 years, Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Israel.
Interim and Acting Presidents of Israel (6 P) R. Recipients of Israeli presidential pardons (7 P) S. Spouses of presidents of Israel (12 P)